Portable battery charger. What do you carry?
I've had many over the years but most are cheap and don't last long. I'm looking for a good portable 12 volt Smart charger that can desulfate and get my batteries to full charge if needed. What do...
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Why do you good folks carry a portable charger?
Help me out what am I missing?
Is it that you do not have an
On board hard wired converter
Or a capable solar system
or the engine alternator is not connected to the battery bank
Thanks guys I see everyone has their own and many times unique reasons for carrying a portable charger. I had not thought of many of the concerns that were brought up in the thread.
Me I see no need to store and carry around yet another piece of hardware, got enough******already. We always dry camp aka boondock can't rememeber if we have ever plugged into shore power on the road in the past 30 years. As many have said solar in the shade does not do much, engine alternator is not a real solution. My backup solution is a proper multistage on board hard wired converter powered by an on board 4Kw genset. No worries what so ever about a failure of the converter or genset while on the road. Repaired the fuel pump on the genset while on the road and have repaired a hundred or so converters over the years (none yet while on the road). I just look at the situation a bit differently from most other folks.
Enjoy your camping we sure do
Help me out what am I missing?
Is it that you do not have an
On board hard wired converter
Or a capable solar system
or the engine alternator is not connected to the battery bank
Thanks guys I see everyone has their own and many times unique reasons for carrying a portable charger. I had not thought of many of the concerns that were brought up in the thread.
Me I see no need to store and carry around yet another piece of hardware, got enough******already. We always dry camp aka boondock can't rememeber if we have ever plugged into shore power on the road in the past 30 years. As many have said solar in the shade does not do much, engine alternator is not a real solution. My backup solution is a proper multistage on board hard wired converter powered by an on board 4Kw genset. No worries what so ever about a failure of the converter or genset while on the road. Repaired the fuel pump on the genset while on the road and have repaired a hundred or so converters over the years (none yet while on the road). I just look at the situation a bit differently from most other folks.
Enjoy your camping we sure do
